JSP 440 Contracts in England

The Defence Manual of Security Issue 3 (JSP 440)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for JSP 440 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited JSP 440 over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 482 586 700
Rank change year-on-year +104 +114 -109
Contract jobs citing JSP 440 56 69 84
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.14% 0.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.07% 1.02% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 36 58
10th Percentile £490 £519 £440
25th Percentile £531 £600 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £625 £540
Median % change year-on-year -12.80% +15.74% -6.09%
75th Percentile £638 £678 £588
90th Percentile £675 £738 £641
UK median daily rate £545 £625 £550
% change year-on-year -12.80% +13.64% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 14 13
10th Percentile - £59.73 £53.77
25th Percentile - £62.92 £59.00
Median hourly rate £80.00 £75.00 £69.05
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +8.62% -
75th Percentile - £83.40 £71.08
90th Percentile - £91.88 £80.79
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £75.00 £69.05
% change year-on-year +6.67% +8.62% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

JSP 440 is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,258 6,740 9,340
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.22% 13.35% 13.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,343 4,585 6,397
10th Percentile £300 £276 £288
25th Percentile £408 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £524
Median % change year-on-year - +0.19% +10.32%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.86% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 346 206 260
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.94 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.05 £19.50 £16.50
Median hourly rate £22.04 £41.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.90% +50.91% +30.95%
75th Percentile £44.69 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £67.38 £79.88 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £20.61 £37.50 £28.50
% change year-on-year -45.05% +31.58% +35.39%

JSP 440
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing JSP 440 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for JSP 440 in England

JSP 440
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing JSP 440 in England.

Daily rate trend for JSP 440 in England

JSP 440
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JSP 440 in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for JSP 440 in England

JSP 440
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing JSP 440 in England.

Hourly rate trend for JSP 440 in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JSP 440 within the England region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West +21 53 £545 -12.80% 9
South East +16 2 - - 2
East of England +4 1 - - 3
JSP 440
UK

JSP 440
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (1.79%) Azure
1 1 (1.79%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.79%) Ethernet
1 1 (1.79%) HTTP
1 1 (1.79%) Internet
1 1 (1.79%) SSL
1 1 (1.79%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Git
1 1 (1.79%) JIRA
General
1 15 (26.79%) Public Sector
2 7 (12.50%) Finance
3 5 (8.93%) Electronics
3 5 (8.93%) Manufacturing
3 5 (8.93%) Marketing
3 5 (8.93%) Military
3 5 (8.93%) Telecoms
4 3 (5.36%) Aerospace
5 2 (3.57%) Social Skills
6 1 (1.79%) Fire and Rescue
6 1 (1.79%) Police
6 1 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (46.43%) Architect
2 25 (44.64%) Lead
2 25 (44.64%) Lead Architect
3 5 (8.93%) Consultant
3 5 (8.93%) Information Assurance Consultant
3 5 (8.93%) Information Security Consultant
3 5 (8.93%) Security Consultant
4 3 (5.36%) Security Engineer
5 2 (3.57%) Product Engineer
5 2 (3.57%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (1.79%) Applications Engineer
6 1 (1.79%) Coordinator
6 1 (1.79%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 1 (1.79%) Developer
6 1 (1.79%) Project Manager
6 1 (1.79%) Security Architect
6 1 (1.79%) Security Assurance Coordinator
6 1 (1.79%) Security Specialist
6 1 (1.79%) Technical Manager
6 1 (1.79%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.79%) Flask
1 1 (1.79%) ModSecurity
1 1 (1.79%) Pandas
1 1 (1.79%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 15 (26.79%) PKI
2 2 (3.57%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.79%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.79%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (46.43%) Project Management
2 25 (44.64%) Digital Identity
2 25 (44.64%) Identity Access Management
2 25 (44.64%) Stakeholder Management
3 24 (42.86%) Strategic Thinking
4 15 (26.79%) Change Control
5 13 (23.21%) Service Management
6 7 (12.50%) Information Assurance
7 5 (8.93%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (8.93%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (8.93%) Digital Marketing
7 5 (8.93%) Programme Management
8 3 (5.36%) Data Security
8 3 (5.36%) Risk Assessment
8 3 (5.36%) Risk Management
9 2 (3.57%) Cryptography
9 2 (3.57%) Cyber Resilience
10 1 (1.79%) Collaborative Working
10 1 (1.79%) Decision-Making
10 1 (1.79%) Interaction Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.79%) Python
Qualifications
1 46 (82.14%) Security Cleared
2 31 (55.36%) SC Cleared
3 15 (26.79%) DV Cleared
3 15 (26.79%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (17.86%) CISSP
5 8 (14.29%) CESG Certified Professional
6 6 (10.71%) CLAS
7 4 (7.14%) CISM
7 4 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (17.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (17.86%) NIST
2 8 (14.29%) RMADS
3 4 (7.14%) NCSC
4 1 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (1.79%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (1.79%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.79%) Docker
1 1 (1.79%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (26.79%) OPNET
2 1 (1.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.93%) SAP
3 1 (1.79%) Atlassian